The Delphi Murders

Richard Matthew Allen, born in 1972 in Mexico, Indiana, moved to Delphi in 2006 and worked as a CVS pharmacy technician. He served in the Indiana National Guard from 1989 to 1998. Allen was arrested on October 26, 2022, and charged with two counts of murder. He was found guilty on November 11, 2024, and sentenced to 130 years in prison on December 20, 2024. His appeal is pending.

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Fourteen-year-old Liberty Rose Lynn German was one of the two victims found near the Monon High Bridge Trail on February 14, 2017. Libby used her smartphone to record a man approaching her and Abby on the bridge, producing the primary photo and audio evidence in the case. Law enforcement credited her quick thinking as instrumental to the investigation.

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Thirteen-year-old Abigail Joyce Williams was the second victim found along Deer Creek on February 14, 2017. Abby and Libby were best friends and had been dropped off at the Monon High Bridge Trail for an afternoon hike on February 13. Abby appears in a Snapchat photo posted by Libby shortly before their encounter with the suspect.

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Allen County Superior Court Judge appointed as Special Judge to preside over the Delphi murders trial. Gull made several significant pretrial rulings, including excluding the defense's Odinism third-party suspect theory, barring a defense metallurgist from testifying about the ballistic evidence, excluding geofencing cell phone data, and ruling Allen's confessions admissible. She denied multiple motions to remove her from the case, and the Indiana Supreme Court upheld her position. She sentenced Allen to 130 years on December 20, 2024.

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Libby German's older sister, who was 17 years old at the time of the murders. Kelsi drove Abby and Libby to the Monon High Bridge Trail on the afternoon of February 13, 2017, dropping them off at approximately 1:40 PM near County Road 300 North, east of the Hoosier Heartland Highway. She became the lead advocate for keeping the case in the public eye, speaking at press events and on social media throughout the investigation. Kelsi testified at trial in October 2024.

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Carroll County Prosecutor who led the prosecution of Richard Allen. McLeland presented the state's case at trial, arguing that ballistic evidence and Allen's own confessions proved his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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A Peru, Indiana, man who created and operated the "anthony_shots" social media catfish profile used on Snapchat and Instagram in 2016 and 2017. The anthony_shots account was among the last to communicate with Libby German before her death on February 13, 2017. Kline's home was searched by the FBI, ISP, and Peru Police on February 25, 2017 — just 11 days after the bodies were found. He was never charged in connection with the murders but was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a separate child exploitation and child pornography case after pleading guilty to 25 felony charges.

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One of two court-appointed defense attorneys for Richard Allen. Rozzi, along with co-counsel Andrew Baldwin, represented Allen throughout the trial and advanced the Odinism alternate-suspect theory. In October 2023, Judge Gull removed both attorneys from the case after crime scene photos were leaked from Baldwin's law office, but the Indiana Supreme Court reinstated them. Rozzi filed the appeal on Allen's behalf in March 2025.

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Libby German's grandmother and guardian. Becky raised Libby alongside her husband Mike. She confirmed that the family had previously interacted with Richard Allen at the local CVS pharmacy, where he developed photos for them. Becky testified at trial about the day the girls went missing, recalling that Libby told her on the phone that afternoon that she would be okay.

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Court-appointed co-counsel for Richard Allen alongside Bradley Rozzi. Baldwin's law office was the source of a leak of Delphi crime scene photos — a former employee admitted to photographing the images without permission. This incident led Judge Gull to remove both defense attorneys in October 2023, though they were later reinstated by the Indiana Supreme Court. Baldwin assisted in presenting the defense's case at trial.

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Superintendent of the Indiana State Police during the Delphi investigation. Carter served as the primary public-facing official on the case, delivering multiple press conferences and appeals for information. He famously addressed the suspect directly during a 2019 press conference when updated sketches were released.

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Libby German's grandfather. Mike and his wife Becky were Libby's guardians and raised her. After the murders, Mike became a public spokesperson for the family, attending press conferences and court proceedings. He publicly stated after the 2024 verdict that the outcome was fair and that the justice system worked as intended.

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